Ryan Devlin is to rejoin the cast of ABC comedy-drama Cougar Town for multiple episodes.

Entertainment Weekly reports that the actor will reprise his role as Smith, a love interest for Laurie (Busy Philipps), in the upcoming second season.

Devlin was previously cast as the lead on new William Shatner sitcom $#*! My Dad Says but was later dropped from the series.

Cougar Town creator Bill Lawrence explained: “We went into this year prepping for Ryan to be on [his new show], so now we’re in the middle of trying to decide what we’re going to do. I enjoy him, so I think I want him to still be in our world. But I don’t know if [Laurie's] going to be [tied down] the whole year.”

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Busy Philipps previously admitted to DS that she was unsure how long the relationship between Smith and Laurie will last.